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7 U.S.C. § 1723 — General authority
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The President shall establish a program under this subchapter (to be implemented by the Administrator) to provide agricultural commodities to foreign countries on behalf of the people of the United States to—
(1) address famine and food crises, and respond to emergency food needs, arising from man-made and natural disasters;
(2) combat malnutrition, especially in children and mothers;
(3) carry out activities that attempt to alleviate the causes of hunger, mortality and morbidity;
(4) promote economic and community development;
(5) promote food security and support sound environmental practices;
(6) carry out feeding programs; and
(7) build resilience to mitigate and prevent food crises and reduce the future need for emergency aid.
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The President shall establish a program under this subchapter (to be implemented by the Administrator) to provide agricultural commodities to foreign countries on behalf of the people of the United States to—
(1) address famine and food crises, and respond to emergency food needs, arising from man-made and natural disasters;
(2) combat malnutrition, especially in children and mothers;
(3) carry out activities that attempt to alleviate the causes of hunger, mortality and morbidity;
(4) promote economic and community development;
(5) promote food security and support sound environmental practices;
(6) carry out feeding programs; and
(7) build resilience to mitigate and prevent food crises and reduce the future need for emergency aid.
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**(a) Notice of negotiations** The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in every feasible instance, notify the designated congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any formal negotiation for debt relief under this subchapter.
**(b) Transmittal of text of agreements** The Secretary of State shall transmit to the designated congressional committees a copy of the text of any agreement with any foreign government which would result in any debt relief under this subchapter no less than 30 days prior to its entry into force, together with a detailed justification of the interest of the United States in the proposed debt relief.
**(c) Annual report** The Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall submit to the designated congressional committees not later than February 1 of each year a consolidated statement of the budgetary implications of all debt relief agreements entered into force under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year.
**(d) Designated congressional committees** As used in this section, the term “designated congressional committees” means the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 1693, acts July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 459; Aug. 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–128, § 1(6), 71 Stat. 345; Oct. 8, 1964, Pub. L. 88–638, § 1(16), 78 Stat. 1037, provided for assistance to friendly nations in being independent of Russian or Communist Chinese trade, prevention of increased availability of commodities to unfriendly nations, and nonauthorization of transactions with Russia or Communist China. See [section 1703(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1703/j&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1694, acts July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 305, 68 Stat. 459; Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 10, 73 Stat. 607, provided for identification of packages and containers by appropriate markings. See [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1695, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 306, as added Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 11, 73 Stat. 608, provided for distribution of surplus food commodities to needy persons in United States: authorization, term of program, and cost limitation; duties of Secretary of Agriculture; issuance of food stamps and their redemption; receipt of benefits not deemed income or resources under provisions of other laws; availability of surplus foods for distribution; definition of needy person; report to Congress; and authorization of appropriations. See Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program classified to chapter 51 of this title.
Section 1696, act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title III, § 307, as added Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86–341, title I, § 12, 73 Stat. 609, provided for availability of surplus commodities for distribution t
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Sections were omitted as part of the complete revision of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–501) by Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3668. See chapter 87 (§ 5601 et seq.) of this title.
Section 1707b, Pub. L. 95–501, title II, § 201, Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1686, provided for a program of deferred payment sales of agricultural commodities.
Section 1707c, Pub. L. 95–501, title II, § 202, Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1687, provided for a program of credit sales to People’s Republic of China.
Section 1707d, Pub. L. 95–501, title II, § 203, Oct. 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 1687, defined “agricultural commodity”.
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**(a) Principal purpose of bilateral development assistance** The Congress finds that the efforts of developing countries to build and maintain the social and economic institutions necessary to achieve self-sustaining growth and to provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for their people depend primarily upon successfully marshalling their own economic and human resources. The Congress recognizes that the magnitude of these efforts exceeds the resources of developing countries and therefore accepts that there will be a long-term need for wealthy countries to contribute additional resources for development purposes. The United States should take the lead in concert with other nations to mobilize such resources from public and private sources. Provision of development resources must be adapted to the needs and capabilities of specific developing countries. United States assistance to countries with low per capita incomes which have limited access to private external resources should primarily be provided on concessional terms. Assistance to other developing countries should generally consist of programs which facilitate their access to private capital markets, investment, and technical skills, whether directly through guarantee or reimbursable programs by the United States Government or indirectly through callable capital provided to the international financial institutions. Bilateral assistance and United States participation in multilateral institutions shall emphasize programs in support of countries which pursue development strategies designed to meet basic human needs and achieve self-sustaining growth with equity. The Congress declares that the principal purpose of United States bilateral development assistance is to help the poor majority of people in
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**(a) Establishment; authority of President to furnish assistance from Fund** There is hereby established the President’s Emergency Food Assistance Fund (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Fund”). Whenever the President determines it to be in the national interest of the United States, he is authorized to furnish, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and on such terms and conditions as he may determine, assistance from the Fund for the purpose of alleviating the human suffering of peoples outside the United States caused by acute food shortages. Such assistance may be provided through such governments or other entities, private or public, including intergovernmental and multilateral organizations, as the President deems appropriate.
**(b) Types of assistance authorized** Because the effects of severe food shortages will vary with the country or region, assistance to alleviate human suffering may include the provision of food assistance or such activities as the provision of seed, animal fodder, animal vaccines, and transportation (including inland transportation) and distribution services.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $50,000,000 each for fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986 to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, to remain available until expanded.11 So in original. Probably should be “expended.”
**(d) Authority of President** The President may make loans, advances, and grants to, make and perform agreements and contracts with, or enter into transactions with, any individual, corporation, or other body of persons, government or government agency, whether within or without the United States, and international and intergovernmental organizations in furtherance of
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**(a) Eligible recipients; barter; estimates; reprocessing and other charges** In order to prevent the waste of commodities whether in private stocks or acquired through price-support operations by the Commodity Credit Corporation before they can be disposed of in normal domestic channels without impairment of the price-support program or sold abroad at competitive world prices, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized, on such terms and under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem in the public interest: (1) upon application, to make such commodities available to any Federal agency for use in making payment for commodities not produced in the United States; (2) to barter or exchange such commodities for strategic or other materials as authorized by law; (3) in the case of food commodities to donate such commodities to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to such State, Federal, or private agency or agencies as may be designated by the proper State or Federal authority and approved by the Secretary, for use in the United States in nonprofit school-lunch programs, in nonprofit summer camps for children, in the assistance of needy persons, and in charitable institutions, including hospitals and facilities, to the extent that they serve needy persons (including infants and children). In the case of clause (3) the Secretary shall obtain such assurance as he deems necessary that the recipients thereof will not diminish their normal expenditures for food by reason of such donation. In order to facilitate the appropriate disposal of such commodities, the Secretary may from time to time estimate and announce the quantity of such commodities which he anticipates will become available for distribution under clause (3). The Commodity Credit Corporation may pay
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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**(a) Minimum levels**
(1) **Minimum assistance** — Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Administrator shall make agricultural commodities available for food distribution under this subchapter in an amount that for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023 is not less than 2,500,000 metric tons.
(2) **Minimum non-emergency assistance** — Of the amounts specified in paragraph (1), and except as provided in paragraph (3), the Administrator shall make agricultural commodities available for non-emergency food distribution through eligible organizations under [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim) in an amount that for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023 is not less than 1,875,000 metric tons.
(3) **Exception** — The Administrator may waive the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) for any fiscal year if the Administrator determines that such quantities of commodities cannot be used effectively to carry out this subchapter or in order to meet an emergency. In making a waiver under this paragraph, the Administrator shall prepare and submit to the Committees on International Relations, Agriculture and Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the reasons for the waiver. No waiver shall be made before the beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
**(b) Use of value-added commodities**
(1) **Minimum levels** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), in making agricultural commodities available under this subchapter, the Administrator shall ensure that not less than 75 percent of the quantity of such commodities required to be distributed during each fiscal year under
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The Congress finds that—
(1) acute food crises continue to cause loss of life, severe malnutrition, and general human suffering in many areas of the Third World, especially in sub-Saharan Africa;
(2) the United States continues to respond to these needs, as a reflection of its humanitarian concern for the people of the Third World, with emergency food and other necessary assistance to alleviate the suffering of those affected by severe food shortages;
(3) the timely provision of food and other necessary assistance to those in need is of paramount importance if the worst effects of such food crises are to be mitigated; and
(4) the ability of the United States to provide food and other necessary assistance on a timely basis, and to ensure that such assistance is distributed to those in need, should be enhanced in order to better enable the United States to help those affected by severe food shortages.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1723
REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN NONPROFIT VOLUNTARY
AGENCIES
Pub. L. 95–88, title II, § 208(b), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 548,
provided that: ‘‘For purposes of implementing the
amendment made by subsection (a) [providing for the
utilization by the President of foreign nonprofit vol-
untary agencies], the President shall issue regulations
governing registration with an approval by the Advi-
sory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid of foreign
nonprofit voluntary agencies.’’
CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY
Pub. L. 86–472, ch. VI, § 601(a)(2), May 14, 1960, 74 Stat.
140, which provided that the amendment of this section
by section 601(a)(1) shall expire June 30, 1961, was re-
pealed by Pub. L. 87–92, July 20, 1961, 75 Stat. 211.
§ 1723. Generation and use of currencies by pri-
vate voluntary organizations and coopera-
tives
(a) Local sale and barter of commodities
An agreement entered into between the Ad-
ministrator and a private voluntary organiza-
tion or cooperative to provide food assistance
through such organization or cooperative under
this subchapter may provide for the sale or bar-
ter in 1 or more recipient countries, or 1 or more
countries in the same region, of the commod-
ities to be provided under such agreement to
generate proceeds to be used as provided in this
section.
(b) Description of intended uses
A private voluntary organization or coopera-
tive submitting a proposal to enter into a non-
emergency food assistance agreement under this
subchapter shall include in such proposal a de-
scription of the intended uses of any proceeds
that may be generated through the sale, in 1 or
more recipient countries, or in 1 or more coun-
tries in the same region, of any commodities
provided under an agreement entered into be-
t
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